The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-13 00:00:00

TIHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.--1 Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. II THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxby, AU. G. Belmore, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. G. Weston, and Miss Budspeth. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'c'ock, ShaksneCres re's Flay of HENRY THE F O URTH (First Part). Mr. wick ; Messrs. W alter La y, H. Mars on, Barrett, G. Belmore, G. F Neville, E. Phelps, R. Roxby, R. Raynor, &c. ; Miss Relfn Howar , Miss Fanny Haldane (l(arp obtig - ato to song Mr. F. Chatterton), Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, &c. Doors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee. )F. Buckstone. rr II IS EVENING, MADE3IOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &o. , Mesdames Beatrice, Ange , &c. Alter which, PRESENTED AT COUR Brad, &c ; mes- T. Messrs. Buck stone, How?, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark,, dames Snowdon, Griffith, Ifi 1, -Wright, Lovell &c. And BACCHUS AND A RIADNE. To commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. R, tinder the sole management of Mr. Pechter. This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY. October 22, with a New Drama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY, in wh i c h hlr. Fechter }pmtper he principal character. The t7:cenery pamted by Mr. illam Callcott. The Box-office will open on Monday, October 17, from Elev , n till Four. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy Collafferiy, Mr. Dominick Murray. A tter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vininc. , „ J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, IL Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- 0 1:I Bale Proprietor and Mannezer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J. Clarke, Billing - ton, hburne, and Mrs. Alfred blellon. biter which, RORY O'MORE. Rory (with Irish Ballads), Mr. John Collins. Other characters byß. Messrs. Billington, ynillips, Paul Bedtord, Stuart, t , tephenson, C. J. Smith; Dire. Alfred Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy (with songs), 21r. John Collins. Commence at 7. -g-tOYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMIR TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular heatre is Open for the Winter Season. Those celebrated artistes Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews are re-engaged. T lIIS EVENING, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly suxessful and original Comedy of 110 W WILL THEY GET OUT OF IT ? Mr. and Mrs. Ckarles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. Mr. Robinson, Mr. 11, J. Montague; Miss "Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling, Alter which, a gew Comedy Farce. by Maddison Morton, Esq., entitled WOOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with UNDER TIIE ROSE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessge and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Tl l l3 EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanboraugh and Manders. 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Llst of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet,Tercentenary ; , or, The Three Hundredth Birthday of William bhalcspeare, ' gratis and post free. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 255. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. T op 245. „ Delp ....!25. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, l'addington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole t-_,Tent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," .1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, San be had Every Evening of G. tt. GLANIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATES r EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 20m. 0-moußow.-Morninx, 12h. 46m.—Afternoon, lh. 10m. ; tin ( 10, ;re: ;44-340. ti&V' • s "ts LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1864. A speech from Mr. GLADSTONE is certain at any time to attract a large share of public attention, and to be pretty generally welcomed at this dull season as a theme worthy of attention and regard. A master of oratory, such as the right hon. gentle- i man undoubtedly is, is sure to render any question for the time being interesting and instructive. We hero meet him, however, not in the sterile arena of polities, or the dry details of finance, bat in the more genial atmosphere of a public meeting, and surrounded by an admiring audience, who eagerly welcomed him to their neighbourhood. The right lion. gentleman's discourse was long, but it was listened to throughout with eager attention, and at its cunclusion he was warmly applauded. He dis claimed, in a very proper spirit, any individual claim on his own part to a particular share of merit is having brought abeut the happy results which they that day witnessed. Tee pioneers in the cause of useful legislation deserved the first recognition, and he brought to th 3 work a secondary part to perform. This sounded, of course, very well, but no ono present must have looked upon it as other than a figure of speech when ho talked of "secon dary abilities." The change that has taken place in the relation of classes was happily commented upon by the orator in this expressive passege : `' We have seen awaylike mists and alienation graduall) fading before the rising sun, and we have seen throughout all parts of the country, and throughout a ll classes of the community, senti ments comunity, senti ments of mutual confidence , alienation respect, and est ee m taking the place of that and estrange ment." Very effective, also, 3 the manner in which Mr. GLADSTONE touched u pon the efftct of many of the changes that have been brought about of late years among tl3, and Which threatened at first to become instruments of strife and discord, efftcting at last but a partial good, and productive of at leass equal laarm. He oaid that ail the modern changes and improvements had really worked out their end without producing disastrous conse- quences, and that they had warmed the heart of the nation in increasing its wealth. Accordingly, such Acts of Parliament must not be regarded only in the light of the formal manner in which they take their place in the Statute-book, but they bear a deeper and a far wider significance. They should be looked upon "as angels of mercy, ministers of peace, and restorers of union through every part and corner of the land." Times are changed, ,ndeed, when we thus find a leading statesman, an important member of Parliament, and an influential Minister of State deliberately ascribing the bene ficial influences at work among the community to the good sense and improved temper of the people, arid when ho considers it a better result of the tactics of his party that they do not excite the wrath of his opponents than that they have been carried triumphantly through an opposing Senate, and been ordained as the leaders of the land. The days are not so very distant when no politician of repute ever thought of appearing in public without doing his utmost to scatter opprobrium and clever ridicule upon his adversaries, be they good, bad, or indifferent. In fact, it was the secret of success to damage the opposing party more than to exalt one's own. In the Chancellor of the Exchequer's discourse we find a comprehensive view taken of public, party, and social questions which is worthy of his high position and great influence, and does honour to his discernment and pod taste. Of course, so eminent a scholar would appreciate the effirts made to establish institutes and such refining and elevating establishments amid a busy and bustling race, cone sumed by toil and traffic, and living in the ceaseless din and turmoil of active life and stupendous engagements in mighty undertakings. He observed that he had regarded with satisfaction the growth of such institutions among them, " all of which are a testimony to the great truth that man does not live by bread alone—that he has a mind, a rational and immortal part—that he is born for the fature more than for the present, and that all real im provement which takes place among us is invari ably attended with this condition—it looks forward to and prepares to meet the future." If such an effect is the end of these works they can seek no better consummation and aspire to no holier issue. It is the chief drawback to manufacturing engage ments and commercial pursuits that they have a tendency to give the material the ascendancy in the minds and thoughts of men. Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die, has been the secret maxim, if not the acknowledged prac tice, of many an envied millionaire and successful speculator, and the sentiment in a lesser degree is shared by the smaller onus around them. All that tends to interpose a check upon such grovelling notions should be welcomed, and a man of thought and experience like the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must be among the first to acknowledge the fatal error that the acquisition of wealth, the increase of commerce, and the pro sperity of trade are to be welcomed as the objects of life, to the neglect of all better, brighter aims— all upward, nobler tendencies. The people of Lane cashire deserve great credit for the zeal which they have ever and anon displayed in the fostering and nurture of their literary institutions, and they have reaped their reward in the thought that - they have felt in their hour of need to meet trials with the fortitude that befits men, and the faith that be comes Christians. Mr. GLADSTONE truly said that they had shown during winters of extreme afficlion that they need no preaching from extraneous per sons to tell them how to act, and to comport them selves in difficulties. The right hon. gentleman alluded to the improved prospects which now dawned upon them in respect to cotton, because the railcar countries of the world were found to be cap able of supplying, in some measure at least, the deficiencies caused by the stoppage of trade with America. The right hon. gentleman expressed his earnest hope and well-grounded conviction that the present evils were temporary, though extremely severe, and that the time was not so very far off, when they should see " the vast and gigantic sys tem of enterprise ;on which the fortunes of South Lancashire principally depend again restored to the whole extent of its former operations, with a cer tainty and stability which, in the former circum stances, it never would have been able to attain." There was great moderation manifested in the tone which Mr. GLADSTONE adopted in discoursing on public affairs and the conduct of those who took charge of them. He fearlessly admitted that ex. cellence was difficult to attain, and perfection im possible in such high requirements. "The concerns of this vast empire are so mighty, and of so compli cated a character, that to handle them as they ought to be handled, altogether exceeds and transcends human strength." There is more real dignity in thus acknowledging one's deficiencies than in parading supposed successes and lauding one's self and one's colleagues to the uttermost. Mr. GLADSTONE briefly touched upon the Legis• lature as a body, and declared that it for the most part reflected the temper of the nation, and represented its opinions. After a hard day's work people get tired, and thus he considered Parliament had earned a right to rest after the many useful acts passed of late years. The right hon. gentleman concluded by expreesing a hope that never again ahould we witness such a period as that which distinguished the reign of WILLIAm IV.—the crisis of the Reform Bill—but that other improvements might be as successfully carried in a milder form, and in a comprehensive spirit of unity. It must be admitted that Mr. GLADSTONE has made a very happy choice of his subjects, and that he has contrived, in the limits of an ordinary discourse, to treat upon the most excit ing objects of interest and importance to those around him. Doubtless in future days those who listened to his flowery discourse will recognise the truth of many of his prophetic utterances, and acknowledge that public affairs are not so depressing as some would affirm, when they come under the consideration of a master mind. It was only to be expected that the news from Lancashire should show a less favourable aspect as the season advanced, and the Central Relief Committee, with the prudence that has distin guished their operations throughout, took some time since to caution the public that a tem porary increase of distress was probable. The rise in the number of unemployed, and the tailing of from full time to short time, in many quarters, is due, however, in a gr:at measure, to other reasons than the approach of winter. It is true that the harvest operations have hitherto offered a resource to a gcod many of the enforced idlers, end that these are now concluded ; but the fluctuations of trade have more to do with the increased distress than either the conclusion of haymaking, or even the lack of cotton. The condition of the money market hes, it is said, been partly the cause of the number of closed mills ; and other commercial reasons, including, of coarse, deficient supply of the raw material, have contributed to check the tide of returning prosperity. At the same time there is no ground for panic, nor, indeed, fcr any very serious anxiety, since the present state of affairs is not likely to be more than temporary, and is only What has been foreseen from the commencement of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] ALGERIA. PARIS, OCT. 13. An cfficial report has been received from Gene ral Folivet, describing a gallant engagement which took place on Sept. 29th and 30th, between his column of troops and a very numerous body of the Arab insurgents. The loss of the latter was 400 killed and 400 wounded. That of the French is estimated at SO killed and 27 wounded. FRANCE. BounsE, Oct. 12,—The market has been heavy, and prices have declined. Threes, for the Account, are now at 65f. 30c. Mobi!ier has also receded, and have been as low as 892 f. 150 c. R tilway Shares rather offered. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 92 20 Do. end mouth.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 65 15 Credit 883 50 Do. end month BBO Italian Loan Do. end month 65 15 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 25 Russian Austrian Bank Shares — Credit F oneier l l 7O Roman 7l '*nieh Threee Elome Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. 0r1ean5......•••1 *** , 835 .. 835 Northern . ... Lyons and Dieditcaranean 885 .. 890 Southern 605 .. 605 Western ...... Eastern .... Sardinian .. Austrian ...... Lon'bard North of Spain Saragossa 470 .. 467 50 Ditto to Barcelona The Franco-Italian Convention. VIENNA, Oct. 9. A despatch dated the 4th inst., forwarded by M. Drouyu de Lhuys to the Duke de Grammont, the French Ambassador at the Austrian Court, is said to have been communicated a few days ego to Count Rechberg. The despatch contains the dada' notification of the Convention lately concluded between France and Italy, and is believed to be to the following efftct : M. Drouyn de ',buys very courteously, but also very briefly, states that no necessity exists to for ward a special notification of the conclusion of the Convention to foreign Powers. Irritability upon the part of the Cabinet of Vienna at the proceedings of the French Government is the less to be pre-supposed, as such a feeling between two friendly Cabinets only appear intelligible when the course pursued by one affects any interest of the other. The text of the Convention has now been published, from which it is apparent that no Austrian interest is affected thereby. The French Cabinet would rather hope that upon closer examination of the text of the Convention the Austrian G o vernment would be of opinion that the step thus inaugurated by France deserved the thanks of Austria and of the whole of Europe, being mainly calculated to set aside an ob stacle by which European peace is permanently and seriously threatened, and by this means to lighten the heavy burdens weighing upon all the great , Powers. The Alleged Wreck of Eter Majesty's Ship Bulldog• (From the IF estern 111 - orning .21 7- cles,) The arrival of news of the wreck of the Bulldog, first made public in the second edition of the TVestern Morning News of yesterday, has caused great pain and anxiety in this neighbourhood, where relatives and friends of several of the vessel's officers and crew reside. A letter arrived at Plymouth by the West India mail announced the total wreck of the vessel and loss of all her crew, with the exception of Inven persons. The letter was writ ten in a hurried manner from the deck of the Duncan, flag-ship at Halifax, just in time to save the mail. It gives no further particulars. A. variety of rumours are in circulation relative to the credibility of this loss of the crew or of the vessel. The following is a statement of all the facts at present known :—The letter referred to above was written by a ship's steward who was sent out from Plymouth as a supernumerary in the Bulldog to join another ship on the North America and West India station, and is addressed to his father. It is headed " H.M.S. Duncan, Halifax, Sept. 29," and the following paragraph is extracted in which the writer most explicitly stated the wreck and loss of life. " We thought the mail bags would not close till to-morrow, but they are going to C:030 them in ten minutes. I was transferred from the Bulldog to the Galatea in Bermuda for passage here, and very lucky I may think myself, for she is wrecked, and all except seven perished. If she had been an hour later going into Bermuda, I should have remained in her; for the Galatea was under weigh when we came in ; bu', however, 1 thank God I was not allowed to remain in her to share the fate of the poor unfortunate crew." Another letter from the Duncan, brought by this mail, to a certain extent confirms the loss of the Bulldog, while at the same time it throws a doubt on the loss of the crew. The writer, a quartermaster, named Withecombe, was drafted from the Canopus, receiving ship at Devon port, on board the Bulldog. He writes to his mother. The letter is dated H.M.S. Duncan, Sept. 29. In it the writer says—" We arrived at Ber muda forty-three days from Plymouth. At Bermuda we found the yellow fever raging violently and were cons quently taken out at once, and sent in the Gala tea to Halifax. We left the Delight screw gunboat, which we had brought out at Bermuda. I expect that you have heard that the Bulldog has been ' on the stumps,' but don't be alarmed, ' we are all safe.' We are anxiously awaiting for the arrival of the gunboats Steady and Cygnet, which we expect to be drafted into." A theory has been suggested that this writer refers to the crew of the Bulldog being taken out of her and sent on to Halifax, but this is improbable, and, indeed, is known to be erroneous, as a letter has been received by the wife of an officer is Plymouth, dated Sept. 9 (four days after th 3 arrival) at sea under orders for Jamaica. Another solution of the writer's meaning suggested is that an accident has happened to the vessel, but that all the crew are saved. The probability of this suggestion depends upon whethet the writer was one of the crew of the Bulldog, or went out as a supernumerary. The latter appears to be most pro bable, as he speaks of being drafted to gunboats•—a circumstance which could not happen immediately in the case of the crew of the Bulldog whether she were wrecked or not. If, therefore, he was a super numerary, the question arises whether, in his saying " we are all safe," he does not refer to the k uper u meraries, and takes the same view of having had a narrow escape, which he is desirous of communicat ing to his friends, as does the ship's steward. In that case the second letter would fully corroborate the first. A naval officer in Devon Port has received a letter from the Duncan by this mail, in which no mention is made of the loss of the Bulldog. THE NEW ROUTE THROUGH ST. JAMES'S•PARK. —The new road from the Houses of Parliament to Buckingham palace, along the Birdcage-walk now in course of formation under the direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forrests, is advancing rapidly towards comple tion. The portion set apart for a carriage thoroughfare, to be added to the old causeway, is already finished, and on Monday last was rendered accessible to the paFsage of vehicles. The other alley, under the shade of the trees, re served for the use of equestrians, is in a wry forward state of preparation. The s.onework fir the fixing of the iron fence is laid throughout the length of the route, and a con siderable extent of rails has been placed in position. A DISGUSTING EXHIBITION.—At the Peter field fair on Thursday was offered for public exhibition a being in human shape, of stature tall and stout, wearing only the semi-savage garb around his middle, and encircled by a leather belt, styled an American Indian and "vermin killer," A sort of box was then brought forward (locked) containing live rats, upon which the cannibal-like counte• nance of the " vermin killer" brightened up with excited till er the aminute. whole dozen delight, and upon the lid b e ing raised he seized the rat in his hand, and, placin g its head between his teeth, with a sickening crash of the sk u ll, i ns tantly killed it, and devoured i t nh repeated the w h oe throughoutpe a c i ni capacious u s little stomach o v of the brute,The leaving same stowed sc ene ol y swaythreewa s or four tails from th e l o t , t h ere by putting into the shade the exploits of d og Bill y, an d eclipsing the wide-spread was fame of the Kilkenny cats, Should this be allowed ? ,Surrey tifaaadal4. the better times. Time will be many such varia tions before the stream flows on as of old ; there will be ebb and flow, prosperity and adversity, in quick succession; but so long as there is the prospect of a fair and increasing supply of cotton from sources wholly independent of the American war there is no ground for public un- easiness. In the meantime the question is how to deal with the present pressure, and the Central Committee as usual are prompt in action. At their monthly meeting held in Manchester on Monday last it was decided that they should assemble weekly for the next fortnight, so as to act with the caution necessary under existing circumstances. The comparative smallness of the balance in hand renders it desirable to husband their means with a view to the pssible exigencies of the coming winter, and accordingly at the two meetings of the Executive and of the a:neral Committees held on Monday, various schemes were proposed with this end. The Executive Committee have good right to take credit to themselves for the prudent distribu tion of the funds entrusted to their care, for, as they justly remark in their report, the balance now in hand would not exist if they had not striven to enforce as much economy as appeared consistent with the wellbeing of the people. The precautions hitherto observed are now again enforced, and the Executive Committee especially recommend " that an increase should take place in the number of face tory operatives employed on public works, and that a larger proportion of the unemployed hitherto should receive relief from the Boards of Guardians or from local subscriptions." They further advise the separate action in all cases of the Boards of Guardians and of the District Committees. With regard to the Public Works Act, the state of affairs now brought to light is not altogether satisfactory. Some unforeseen and un necessary difficulties seem to lie in the way, and the result is that although large sums are raised and extensive works carried on those for whom the Act was especially intended do not get a fair share of its benefits. Thus in Manchester, where there are about 9,000 people out of employment, only 155 cotton operatives are now employed on the public works, although £85,000 have been received from the Commissioners. The Mayor complains that great difficulty has been experienced in getting from the guardians as many men as they required, and further stated that the guardians were in the habit of making periodical returns of the number of persons who were fit for employment on public works, and that at the close of September there was A total of 65, most of whom had since been absorbed_ But the standard of efficiency must be very rigid if so small a proportion of 9,000 are certified, and we cannot help thinking that such a result does not at all meet the intentions of Pdrliament, or the neces sities of the population. Even in Blackburn, where the number employed is much larger, only 340 fac tory operatives are employed to 500 labourers. It appears to be a miracle to carry out these works by contract, since the contractors naturally prefer to gat the best men they can for the money, so as to get the work done well and quickly. if the object is to give the unemployed operatives remunerative occupation, and so relieve the rates, it is by no means the best way to attain it to employ ordinary contractors as agents. The proportion of able-bodied men to the whole number of factory operatives may very probably be much smaller than is generally supposed, but the best does not seem to be made of the matter. The public will be inclined to echo Lord EGER TON'S remark, that "he never imagined it was necessary that men should be sent by the guar dians before they could come under the Public Works Act, and that if it were so, he hoped steps would be taken to extend its benefits to others.'. The less of a double agency there is the better, and the local jealousies which are apt to exist between two authorities are better avoided, as far as possible. It would be very desirable to stretch the Act a little further, and to be a little less rigid in the ex clusion of those who do not quite come up to the recognised standard. The High Sheriff, Sir J. KAY SIIIITTLEWORTII, remarked upon the neces sity which existed for increased E ffir t s on the part of the local authorities in this matter. He said very justly that the pressure, which was likely to occur during the winter months, ought to be met by increased exertions in placing factory operatives on public works. It is not fair those districts which are profiting by the Act to raise money and carry oat lasting improvements in their vicinity to neglect those to assist whom the Act was specially passed, and to leave them to depend upon the diminished resources of the Relief Fund. An ir• crease of 12,000 in the recipients of relief demands some corresponding exere tine, and this is so plain and practical a way of affording assistance that there is no excuse for not care) l og it out to the fullest possible extent. It is also very wise on the part of the Committee to ineist upon a fair share of relief being given by the guardians, so that the two sources of aid may be kept apart. If the Relief Fund is to be called upon to supplement the allowance of the guardians its stores will soon be exhausted, whereas, on the other hand, if the relief administered is to be only at the rate of ls. or is. 3d. per head a week, there is good cause to apprehend disease and famine. We are glad to find that previous to the resolution passed by the Committee on Monday, the Blackburn guar dians had nearly doubled their rate of relief, and the determination of the Committee not to make grants to any town, unless the parochial relief averages 2s. a head, is likely to induce other dis tricts to follow their example. It would be very shortsighted kindness to the ratepayers were the Committee to expend all the sum they have in hand, and leave themselves without the power of mitigating future pressure. There is little doubt that, if need be, further subscriptions will be promptly forthcoming, but there is every reason for preserving a cheerful and hopeful spirit, since the crisis is but of a temporary character. Not only have we the past to look back upon with wonder and thankfulness, but we have every ground for anticipating the constant, if gradual, increase in our supply of cotton which has already, indepen dently of American sources, been augmented to an amount which most persons would have deemed scarcely credible some two years since, THE NEW REGISTRAR IN BANKRUPTC7.—ThE Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. James Stephen, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, to be a registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy for the Leeds district, in the room of Mr Samuel Payne, who retires on account of ago and infirmity, after a service of upwards of twenty years. Mr Stephen was called to the bar in 1816, has obtained the degree of LL. D., is Professor of English Law and Jurispru dence at King's College, and is also Recorder of Poole. THE QUEEN'S HORSES.—It will be thought very naturally that the finest stud of all classes of horses is to be found in the Queen's stables. And probably in the days of Gat,rge IY. this was the case, but at present the Sovereign's tastes do not include horseflesh. Probably the influence of Prinee Albert had a great deal to do with the neglect into which the royal stables had fallen. His royal highness neither knew nor cared anything about horse flesh, and the consequence is that at the present moment there is scarcely a horse in the Buckingham Palace stables that can be considered first rate, and many of them are shocking jades. The public had an opportunity of witness ing the second rate character of the animals sent to convey the Princess Alexandra into London—animals that our leading nobility you'd not have in their stables. The riding horses are of a more inferior nature still ; with one exception, those used by the Prince of Walea.—Once a The History of Darien. Terra Firma, or the mainland of New Granada, was discovered by Columbus in 1498, and he visited Chagres and Navy Bay on the 2d of November, 1502, on his fourth voyage. Six years afterwards King Ferdinand commis sioned Don Alonzo de Ojeda and Don Diego de Nicuesa to make discoveries and conquests in Terra Firma, giving to the former jurisdiction over the country from the Gulf of i Uraba, or Darien, eastward to Cape de la Vela, and assign ing to the latter the Government over the country from the Gulf of Darien westward to Cape Graciasa Dios. A dispute which arose between them as to the boundary line of their respective provinces was referred to the pilot, Juan de la Cosa, by whom it was arranged that the River Atrato should form the boundary. Alonzo de Ojeda went to Car thagena and Turbaco, and was killed by the Indians. Nicuesa went to Veraguas, where he was vigorously opposed by the Indians, and thence proceeded to Nombre do Dios, between Portobello and Cape San Blas. One of the vessels of Nicues t's small squadron was commanded by the been tiate or bachelor-in.laws, Enciso, who sailed from the city of Santo Domingo, on the Oz ma, in 1509, and proceeded to the Gulf of Darien. Previ ,us to his sailing, a young but penniless cavallero, named Vasco Nunez do Balbao, was smuggled on board, concealed in an empty wino cask. To this stratagem he was obliged to have recourse in order to get a passage, in consequence of the great animosity borne to him by Enciso, whose rival ho was in the affections of La Zenoril a Teresa Davila, by whose father he was beheaded a few years afterwards. Upon discovering him a few days after sailing Enciso ordered him to be killed, but the crew, with whom Vasco Nunez was a favourite, refused to obey his order. Meeting with unexpected difficulties and obsta cles in the Gulf of Darien, he consented to take the advice of Vasco, in accordance with which ho selected a place on the west side cf the Atrato mouth for the site of a town, to which was given the name of Santa Maria el Antigua del Darien. This town, being the first actual settlement formed on the continent of America, was declared to be the capital of New Andalusia, and was governed by Enciso, and next by Vasco Nunez, who was elected by tha people in place of Enciso, whom they deposed. From this place he sent to the King cf Spain 300 mares of gold, which occasioned the name of Castilla del Oro, or Golden Castile, to be given to Terra Firma. S ;on after Enciso had settled at Santa Maria, a party despatched from thence to the westward found Nicuesa and his men in a famishing condition at a plac.: called afterwards Nombre de Dios, because on landing there and finding no Indians, Nicuesa, who had been severely harassed by the Indians cf Veraguas, said , " Quedamos aqui en el nombre de Dio" (let us stop here, in the name of God). On St. Michael's day, Sept. 29, 1513, Vasco Nunez dis covered the Pacific Ocean, at the Gulf of San Miguel, having sailed from Santa Maria to Carreto, and thence to Caledonia Barbour, from whence he crossed, fighting a battle on the way with the Indian chief Quarequa. In July, 1614, Don Pedro Arias Davila, surnamed El Justador, succeeded him as governor of Santa Maria, hav ing been sent out to supersede him, in consequence of com plaints carried to Spain by Eaciso. He was afterwards be headed by Davila, at Panama, upon an unfounded charge of treason to the king. IVi h Davila came Juan de Quevedo, as Bishop of Darien, with the usual authority from Pope Leo X., so that Santa Maria was the first episcopal city in America. In 1514, Agla, or Ada, in Caledonia B ay, probably at the mouth o f the Aglatumati, was founded by Gabriel de Rojas, as the most conveuient pant from whence to cross to the Pacific. In 1515, King Ferdinand granted to the town of Santa Maria the privilege of bearing as its arms—gales, a golden castle, surmounted by a sun of the same, supported on the right by a tiger, and on the left by a crocodile, with these word—" La imagen do Nuestra Senora del Antigua," 10. 1516, Agla was fortifiod by Davila. In 1518 Panama was founded by Davila, after the conquest of Tubanama, its cac'que, by Vasco Nunez. The word Panama, it may be observed, means "plenty of fish,' In 1532 Agla and the whole Isthmus of Darien were abandoned for Nombrede Dios and Panama, a road having been opened from the former place to San Juan and thence to Panama. Most probably the hostility of the Indians of Darien obliged the Spaniards to seek a transit route elsewhere ; for, although Vasco Nunez conquered the Cacique of Carreto, whose daughter ho married, and caciques of Comagre, Ponca, Quarequa, Chiapes, Zumaco, and Pocorosa, no settlements were effected in Darien except those of Santa Maria and Agla, which were so soon abandoned. From 1532 to the days of the filibustieros, or buccaneers, there is a complete hiatus in the history of Darien. In 1572, indeed, Nombre de Dios was taken by Sir Francis Drake, who plundered it of specie and commodities of immense value ; but that place, being to the westward of Cape Sans Bias, is included in the Isthmus of Panama. Alter the sacking of Nombre de Dios, which is now a hamlet with a population of about 100 negroes, it was aban doned for Portrbello, which was selected as being a more defensible position and having a better harbour. Its insa lubrity, however, was so great the Spaniards removed from thence to Chagres, whence passengers and goods were con veyed in canoes up the Chagres river to Gorgona in the dry, and Cruces in the rainy season. From each of these places there is a most execrable mule road to Paname,which is 23 miles distant from the former and 21. from the latter, In the lower course of the river, the canoes were propelled by paddles (eanaletas), and higher up they were shoved along by poles (palancas). Chagres has lately been deserted, and the Atlantic terminus of the Panama Railroad at Aspinwall or Colon, on the island of Manzanillo, Navy Bay, is now the point cf departure for the Pacific. In 1680 the buccaneers crossed the isthmus by the Chu guanaqua, and took the fort and town of Real de Santa Maria, on the Turfra, in the south of Darien. The follow• ing ie the account given in the MS. of Basil Ringrose, one of the buccaneers, which is in the Ayecough Collection, in the Britiah Museum —" On April 5, 1680, 331 buccaneers, most of them English, passed over from Golden Island, and landed in Darien, each man provided with four cakes of bread, called doughboys, with a pistol, a fusil, and a hanger. They began their jour ney, marshalled in divisions with distinguishing flags, under their several commanders, Bartholomew Sharp and his men taking the lead. Many Darien Indians kept them company as their confederates, and supplied them with fruit, plantains, and venison, for which payment was made in axes, hatchets, knives, needles, beads, and trinkets ; all of which the buccaneers had taken care to come well pro • vided with. Among the Darien Indians in company were two chiefs, who went by the names of Captain AndreTs and Captain Antonio. The commencement of their march was through the skirt of a wood, which, having passed, they prcceeded about a league by the side of a bay, and after wards about two leagues directly up a woody valley, where there was an Indian house and plantation by the side of a river. Here they took up their lodgings for the night, those who could not be received in the house building huts. The Indians were earnest in cautioning them not to sleep on the grass on account of adders. This first day's journey dis couraged four of he buccaneers, and they returned to the ships. Stones were found in the river which, on being broken, shone with sparks of gold. These stones, they were told, were driven down from the neighbouring mountains by torrents during the rainy season. The next mornmg at sunrise they proceeded on their way, labo wring up a steep hill, which they surmounted about three in the afternoon, and at the foot on the other side they rested on the bank of a river which Capt. Andreas told them ran into the South Sea, and was the same by which the town of Santa M aria was situated." It was, in fact, the Sucubti, which rises from the Pacific side of Mount Agla. By descending it and the Chuqua naqua, of which it is a tributary, they reached the Tuyra, into which the latter falls, and on which Santa Maria, the nearest town to the Mine of Cana, was situated. After taking Santa Maria they proceeded to the Gulf of San fatigue and Panama. In 1681, Surgical L'onel Wafer, with a party of the buccaneers, when approaching the mouth of the Tuyra with the intention of returning the way they had come, observed a Spanish gunboat anchored off it. To avoid being taken by the Spaniards they landed at the mouth of the Congo, in the Gulf of San Miguel, whence the Indians guided the buccaneers to the Atlantic. Wafer, having scorched his knee by the accidental explosion of-some gun powder, was left behind at a hut on the bank of the Congo, and after a residence of some months with the Indians,who treated him well, was by them conducted to the mouth of Conception River, in San Bias Bay. On his return to Lon don he wrote a most interesting account of his journey. lie afterwards went to Edinburgh with Patterson to give infor mation concerning Darien to the company which organised the Scotch colony. In 1685 the gold mines of Darien were ordered to be closed by royal decree, dated March the 12th, In 1698 the Scotch colony settled on the extremity of the promontory outside of Port Escoces, and began to build the town of New Edinburgh and the Fort of St. Andrew. The colonists were starved out, in 1699, by the infamous order of King William the Third, who was influenced in his opposition to them by the remonstrances of the Spanish Ambassador, and the intrigues of the Dutch East Indian Company. The project of colonization was started by Patterson from information given to him by Wafer. lii 1719 the Indians rose against the Spaniards, and the few doctrines, or missions, that had been established, were broken up. It appears from a passage in the " Vidge" of Don Antonio do Ultoo. and Don Juan Jorge, the Spanish academicians, who went to the vicinity of Quito to measure the length of a degree on the equator, th tt, previous to Y 19, there were doctrines at Matutnetganti (a branch of the Savana) and Aglaseniqua, in Caledonia Bay. In 1740 peace was concluded with the Indians by Lieu tenant-General Don Dionisio Martinez de lrr Vega, in con sequence of which Don Sebastian de Eslaba, Viceroy of Santa Fe, sent to North Darien two Jesuits, Padres Salva dor Grande and Pedro Fehr° ; and the Freeident of Panama sent to the South Padres Mellitus Alvarez and Claudio Escobar, who formed the settlements of Mo. liners, Balsas, Tucu'i, Chnquanaqua, Cups, and Yavisa. But they Lad scarcely succeeded in establishing those missions when the Indians deserted them, and the fathers with difliculy escaped with their lives. In 1784 a junta, convened at Santa Fe do Bogota, by the viceroy and archbishop, Don Antonio Caballero y Gon 'gsra, for the purpose of devising measures for the reduction and pacification of the Indians, decreed the establishment of forts at Kondinga, Ceucepeio, Carolina, iu c4I4)AiA Bay, and Cayman, in the Gulf of Darien. The command of the forts was entrusted to De la Torre, and with him were associated Brigadier General Don Antonio de Arebalo and Garcia de Villalba. The forts were established in 1785, and in !he same year Lieutenant Colonel Don Andres de Arisa founded Puerto del Principe, on the Savana, above the Lava mouth, and placed in it a garrison of 200. Arisa was very anxious to establish a communication be tween the fort of Carolina, in Caledonia Bay, and that of Principe, on the Savans. To promote that object he made a trea'y of friendship with Sulpani, or Urruchurchu, the chief of Sucubti, who gave his consent to tho clearing of a road across the Isthmus, but the other chiefs decidedly re fused to let any Spaniard cross, or even to permit one of Suspani's Indians to convey letters from ono fort to the other. After several fruitless attempts at negotiation en the subject, Don Luis de la Carrera was sent with 300 men of the Princcsa Regiment (white soldiers) to open a road, and had succeeded in clearing a path throug'a the bush as far as the bank of the Ciatiquanaqua, opposite the mouth of the Sucubti, when the hostile attitude of the Indians obliged him to abandon the work. The route by which Arisa proposed to open a communi cation between the forts, in accordanca with the informa tion which he received from Suspani, was, first, to ascend the Aglatumati, one hour's journey from its mouth in Caledonia Bay; then_to cross the Cordillera to the head waters of the Sucubti, an eight hours' journey ; next, to descend that river, half a day by water, or one day by land, to its confluence with the Chiquartaqua, from the opposite bank of which to Principe was a journey of six hours. Arisa proposed forming a settlement, to be called Mira fibres, at the mouth of Sucubti, and another, to be called Betanzas, between the Savana and the Chuquanaqua, but, as the road never was made, thoso plans fell to the ground. Matos, who was governor in Arisa's absence, and Donoso, an engineer, who was sent from Spain, with five assistants, to survey tho Siwana and Chuquanaque, re commended descending the Chuquanaqua to Yavisa, and crossing thence to Principe, evidently a much longer route than Arisa's. It is worthy of note that, as appears from documents existing in the archives of Bogota, from which I gleaned the above scanty memoranda, no sickness of any kind oc curred amongst the Spanish soldiers, although they fre quently made expeditions into the forest, and sometimes remained in the bush for a fortnight. Amongst the docu mentg I found the diary of Sergeant Gabriel Morales, who went from Principe with a party of soldiers with the object of catching a stray Indian, and sending him with pacific overtures to the chiefs. It concludes by stating that all his party returned in perfect health, lie advanced as far as the Moreti mouth, and then returned, having seen no traces of Indians anywhere, although doubtless his movements had been watched by them. Arise had gone previous'y with 200 men to the confluence of the Sucubti with the Chuquanaqua, and remained there several days without seeing any sign of an Indian. He then put a letter con taining an offer of peace in a bottle, which he suspended from a tree, and returned to Principe. Immediately after his arrival there a messenger came from the Indians to in quire what was the meaning of the paper in the bottle. Arise, in his report to the Viceroy, states that none of the men fell sick, although they had but recently arrived from Spain. _ _ I found that tho old Granadians in the south had a per- fect recollection of the attempts made by Arisa, Donoso, and Matos to open a way to the Atlantic. On© of them, a very aged negro, named Eulalio va, of Chapigana, who was a patient of mine, informed me that he accompanied his father, who was a barqueano, or batman, of Donoso's, when that'engineer was surveying the Chuquanaqua and Savana. He stated that he saw Suspani when he came to Yavisa to make peace and be baptised. He also told me that the people at Principe could hear the gun fired at Carolina.—" The Isthmus of Daritn," by Dr. CVlen. (To be continued.) Iromnisters' Quarterly Meeting. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesdby Evening. The meetings of the ironmasters of this district for the current quarter comuienced in this town to day, under circumstances more unsatisfactory and depressing perhaps than was before experienced. The collier's strike has had a most damaging effect upon the trade; the mischief arising from it is in creasingly felt daily, and even under the most favourable circumstances it *ill be a very long time before the district recovers from the shock. The attendance to-day was not large, and very little business was transacted, the ironmasters not being particularly anxious to take orders while there is so much of uncertainty about their execution, which must necessarily bo the case if the strike continues. In this state of thino it is most likely that this will be a very quiet quarter day, but whatever con tracts are to be entered into were reserved for the meeting at Birmingham ou Thursday. ' It was stated to-day that the principal iron masters are moderately supplied with orders; but it was thought that if the colliers were all in there would not be sufficient to keep the works in full operation, the demand on account of tha export trade being limited. The market for pig-iron is extremely dull ; few sales were reported to-day, and, notwithstanding the reduction which hes taken place, prices have not materially improved. It appears that in the district west of Dudley there are 14 furnaces only in blast out of 66. The colliers' strike was much discussed to-day ; the prevailing opinion was that it will soon be over. A good number of the men in this--the thin coal district—have gone in ; on the Dadley side also the men are dropping in at Lord Dudley's pits, and some other of the collieries in that locality. The town was perfectly quiet to-day, the colliers not having made their appearance. Soon after the trade had assembled a very gloomy feeling was produced by the announcement that Mt Williame, the chairman of the Association, had died at his residence, Wednesbury Oak, at half-past one o'clock. As head of the firm of Phillip Williams and Sons, the deceased had been largely engaged in the iron and coal trade of South Staffordshire all his life ; he was very highly respected, possessed considerable kfluence, and having b.en looked up to by all classes he will be much missed in the iota,. lity. Mr Williams was also a banker at Wednes bury, deputy-chairman of the Birmingham Canal Company, and a director of the London and North Western Railway Company, He was a magistrate of the county of Stafford. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, Oct, 11.—The failures which are occurring daily in England induce caution here, and operations are in consequence restricted to the supply of present wants. Really good flax and tow about maintain their value, but common qualities, esp►cially of St Petersburg goods, are difficult to sell even at considerably reduced prices. The business done since last report is confined to a few unim portant transactions. Jute continues very quiet hero, and prices do not respond to the advance in the south, the ten dency being rather downward. There was a mo6'erate de mand for yarns to day, and as spinneis aro getting through their forward sales they are now more willing for business, and prices are in favour of buyers. Buyers of linens hold orders for considerable parcels of goods of various descrip tions, but in the present state of the market they do not place them, expecting that prices may yet go lower. Manu facturers are willing to contract fur nearly all the fabrics made at reduced rates, but as they are still generally work ing en former orders, and not requiring to press sales, the fall is not so great as on the raw material. Prices are, on the whole, rather irregular, as makers who have finished their contracts ask less than those who are still well fore ' sold. LEICESTER, 12th.—There has been a tolerable amount of business doing in hosiery goods during the past few days, considering that it is the fair week, At Loughborough and Hinckley business is rather quiet. There is not quite so much doing in yarns, and prices have given way. Spinners are working generally to order: There iS n' material change in the price of wools, and the market is quiet. NOTTINGHAM, 12th.—The lace trade has been more quiet this week than it has been for several weeks past. All branches are dull. Plain nets are not inquired after, and in fancy goods there is very little doing. Black silk laces are in very little request, and the demand for narrow edging has greatly fallen off. Silk Blechlins and quiltings aro not in improved demand, and manufacturers are in all cases confining productions to immediate requirements. The hosiery trade is dull in all departments. Tha home demand is limited, and there is very little doing in shipping, THE LATE STR ALEXANDER LAWRENCE, BART. —The Indian mail has brought the melancholy tidings of the death of Sir Alexander Hutchinson Lawrence by an accident, Ile was passing on horseback over a bridge crossing a precipice in the Thibet-road when the bridge gave way under his horse, and he was killed instantaneously. He was the eldest son of the illustrious Sir Henry Montgo mery Lawrence, K,C.8., who fell at Lucknow, by the youngest daughter of the Rev. G. Marshall, of Cardonagh, in Ireland. He was born at Allahabad in 1838, entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1857, and was assistant-commis sioner in the Purjaub, He married, in 1862, the daughter of Dr Every Kenne ly, of Upper Merrion-street, Dublin, and of Belgrade Castle, Dublin county. He was•ereated a baronet for his father's KrvicrB in India in 1851, with re mainder to his brother, lienr3 Waldemar. lie was nephew of the eminent Viceroy or India, the Right Hon. Sir John 1 4 awrencc, Dart,, 0,0. D , X,5.1,, D,C,L• r rA 411111'ff' iiriaggr HER MAJESTY. 11. BALMORAL) Oct. The Queen went out yesterday morning, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley ; and in the afternoon her Mjesty, accompanied by Princess lielen!l and the Dean of Wesrninster, and attended by L.di Augusta Stanley, drove to the Lynn of Muick. Princess Helena, attended by the Hon. E 2 ltc° l Lascelles, went out riding_in the morning. The Prince and Princess of Wales. LUBECK, Oct. 12. The royal yacht Osborre, with the Pr i n ce 8 0 Princess of Wales, together with the infant prince; on board, has arrived at Travemunde. Their Royal 1-lighnesscs will proceed to ahle kd stadt by special train at 11 a.m. Tt,eir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will not visit Paris before returning to Epfsrls rtd ' though it is probable that a short stay will be made in Ou" many, The Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Scott left Belgrave•square on Tuesday to join the duke so other members of the family at Drumlanrig astle, Para tr i sshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will receive a succession of visitors at Hatfield Nouse, erts..s The Marquis of Bristol, who is staying at his country seat at Ickworth, has been suffering, froz. severe illness during the past week, and on Saturday his le rdall , i ,, P ; 4 state vas such as to excite the serious apprehensions oi Victoria family. 'We learn, however, that a favourable charig e ha s since taken place, and that his lordship's medical adviser give good hopes of his gradual recovery. Maria 'Marchioness of Ailesbury has arrived In town from Jerveaux Abbey, the seat of the Marquis "' a Marchioness of Aiksbury. The Earl and Countt 83 of Derby do not receiveth company at Knowsley Park until the sec ond week in ensuing month, Tee Earl of Wilton will leave N , wraarket 1° Atsu: mor ow, to join the countess at Heaton Hall, near chester. At the end of the month the noble earl the " countess go to Egerton Lodge, Melton Mo wbray, for hunting season. The Countess Cowper will shortly receive a disc tingu shed party at Wrest Park, Beds. It is the inteull°ll of her ladyship to give a ball at Wrest to the count)? nobility and gentry, and there is to be a gr and ball at Per' shanger Palk, near Hertford, before Christmas. We understand that the i marriage of the Ci r - a Helen M'Donnell, daughter of the late Earl old Laura BTrßart., Countess eisalt o ofa takerr Antrim, i a g place with nATl S ur i .e r s Malcolm theom . 2 1\ Murray n a s y t 3/ 0, re gal P. Copse °, °f • Brawith Hall, Yorkshire, with Edith, eldest daughter 4: Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, is fixed to take Plac e °l3 t 10th Nov Amber at Dalkeith Chapel. The marriage of Victoire, youngest daughter Of Mr. M. W. Balfe, to Don Jose Bernardino Fernandez de Velarco, Duke de Frias, was celebrated yesterday at th e Chapel of the Spanish Embassy, by the Very Hearn. After a dejctsner at the house of the brides faut—' the duke and duchess left for Combo Bank, Seven 04.5' Kent, on their way to the Continent. -*- TEE CoIIIMON LAW COURTS.—The Court of Co ra 4 mon Pleas will Eit at Nisi Prins in Michaelmas Term° in Middlesex, on Thursday, November 3, and NS r °c ll3 , eBd :„ Y L l November 9, and in London on Monday, November 7, '., Monday, November 11. The Court will sit, after terms Middlesex, on Saturday, November 26, and a fter term, 17 , London, on Thursday, Doc, 3. The Court of Elolleela"c, will hold its first sitting day in term, in Middlesex, Thursday, November 3; second sitting day, Wedneßditi; November 9 ; third sitting day, Wednesday , November. J5O. and in London on Monday, November 7, and Mondays vember 14. The Court will sit after term, in Middlesex, en Saturday, November 26, and in London on Thured.3:ig D,cember 8. The Court will sit in Middlesex at Nisi pries in term by adjournment from day to day until the cau 6c entered for the Middlesex sittings are disposed of. OUR, DOGS.—The dogs of Great Britain are increasing race. The £39 12s annuli tax Was P al , upon Si packs of hounds (ot 66 or more) in t he finaacia: year 1859-6 J, and upon 84 packs in 1861-62. Tho packs greyhounds (of 15 ur more) were 29 in the former year su u 38 in the latter; the duty is £9. For dogs of any other de' act iption the tax is 12s a -year, and it was assessed on 3 24,7 ! in 1853-60, and on 3:6,862 in 1861 - 6 2 . The returns do 11°' carry these details down to a later year as yet, but the pro' deco of the dog-tax increased in the ye.if 1862-63, and 1110'3 in the year 1863-64. UNWILLING PASSENGEItS.—A femalecamel,w itil her young one, arrived in Southampton yesterdaY, to be sent out in the Bremen mail steamer New York to the United States. They were accompanied by an Arab keeoper. By no contrivance could the elder camel be indu ced to res! the gangway from the dock to the ship, although the Ar al ! tried by blows and by coaxing with a bag of oa ts to get hedr on board. The young camel, about the size 13°°Y;a,11 covered with beautifully soft silky hair, stuck t o his an ' . As the tide was about to ebb, the pilot on boar d the anT; became impatient, and called out " Have th e snit° d oar shipped." A number of the German passenger s on b the New York rushed on shore, and, am idst shouts 7, laughter, took the young camel up in their arms and oarric,,, him bodily on to the steather, and the ship was oblige d ha leave the side of the dock immediately, leaving the e h camel behind. The young camel began to cry i n t he A lli fhe pitiful manner on being separated from his dam, 0 on" latter, hearing the cries, moaned distressingly; her d were moistened with tears, and her head was slov/ I Y At solemnly moving to and fro, looking for her young on e ' „ length she was put into a horse box and slung on lAar steam-tug and taken out to the New York, which Waited the stream for her. • 1 11 ' CRYSTALLOGENIC FORM.—Under this tit 3 Kuhlmann has just addressed a paper to th e AC , a ; demy of Sciences, his object being to show that a ll rah:le-10 particles have a tendency to arrange themselves in mis ta i ; or at least in strata, or in nodules. Thus gypsum, die sel33 l ; o nated throughout a mass of clay, will in course of time le® found collected under the form of crystals, its Pe rtic i l l. having by slow degrees penetrated through the elaY 0 ume eto ll .o virtue of the force of attraction. In the Bidache (Basses -Pyrenees) silex has formed distinct strata; tt ed ,, l a the chalk formations concretions of silex are often fonii"Lo short distances from each other. M. Kuhlmann sh°"t that very flexible brass wire may become brittle by ire c r i ; e ,; - z vibration ; the same is the case with iron wire, which, °' e• this circumstance, is now universally rejected a s a 113a t t ; e.. a. rial for the construction of suspension bridges. The e l l s e ie lization of wrought iron has often been the cause of se dents, as may be seen from the frequent breaking of ailaei trees. Those of railway carriages are safer than thos e - g common vehicles, because they do not receive such V i°6ll ,/ shocks on rails as the others do on stone pavements' t°,.,' are, therefore, chiefly liable to wear cut. M. Kuhlease'd states that he had, on the Northern Railway, elt tinfi3c axletrees, the iron of which still preserved its fibrous textur7 though it had travelled over several hundred thous° kilogrames of rail. The axletree of a common carriage when it breaks presents a granulated or crystalline frei); ture, which it would not have had when fresh ir °Pl , t „ - fl , anvil—hence, by constant motion, the particles of the tru e passed from the fibrous to the crystalline stet : Similar changes take place in sheet - iron ; t hus specimen of the latter, of excellent quality, bevill e mf ' . been used for the construction of a boiler, has il- f become quite brittle, after having been for the space °9 , 20 years exposed to the constant vibrations produced by '- ebullition of water; even the rivets which held the p1 4t ,..,, e. t o gether have become brittle. M. Kuhlmann points Vat '- easy way of discovering at any time whether the change d° : scribed has taken place, and whether the iron under eXtia l. i : nation can still be depended upon or not ; this is, to Pe l ?,„ -- alew square centimetres of its surface with a smooth 11 ';'' and then to expose it for a few minutes to the action of u i , tri : acid. If the texture of the metal has become crystabe't this new slate will thus become apparent. ;„ thiff THE DISTRESS IN PRESTON.—The distress Am a town has begun to assume proportions which wens there not grounds for believing it to be of a tran sient ou- o; ratter, would be calculated to create alarm as to t he 0151,64, the operatives during the ensuing winter. At t he We meeting of the Relief Committee, held at their caeca: Crooked-lane, on Monday, it was reported that 2,156 e11,14,,0 comprising 8,162 persons, had been relieved during "-, past week, at a cost of £ 225 Ss. 61, being an incrca tee past on the previous week of 229 cases, 1,001 persons, he £25 Os. 6d, expenditure. The total increase in vi L -- n u m ber of persons relieved since September 18, . --- the distress was at its minimum, is no less tn 3,317. The committee have just taken the census of the factory population by a house-to-house visitation , °h e; t was discovered that no less than 6,894 factory operative; . have either emigrated, found employment elsewhere , or 1231:0 been removed by the guardians. The chief c onstab le a i weekly report as to the state of employment shows that there are 23 mills totally closed out of the 87. The num be of operatives working full time is 8,583; five days' 2,7811 9 ; four days, 496 ; three days, 4,603 ; two days, 6 7 ; and total unemployed, 10,938. Seven deaths from fever bavh'B, i ensued during the past week, an inquiry as t o the sana tary condition of the infected districts was ordered, with d view of checking the further progress of the epidernie possible, IHE DECIMAL REFORM MOVEMENT. --Au in° fluential meeting of commercial men was held on Tuesday in Liverpool, at which it was resolved to form a provisions committee with the view of establishing a branch of. wolli system 1 L internat o io f n m al eal as ur so e c s i : ig t w io e nf h o t r o, oebatdaincoiningag;ae. uniform dect :~